558 Provincial Occurrences : Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Sfc. [May, 



Cambridge, an alabaster statue of a Burmese Idol, 

 taken from the sacred grove near Ava; and two 

 religious books, beautifully executed on the Palmyra 

 leaf, to which none but the Burmese priests are 

 permitted to have access. 



By the new turnpike road from Wimpole, the 

 distance from Cambridge to Pottonwil! be shortened 

 two miles; to Biggleswade, upwards of four ; and 

 to Oxford, upwards of eight miles. This road to Ox- 

 ford will join the present lineof road at Ampthill. 



The subject of the Seatonian prize poem for the 

 present year is " The Transfiguration." 



Members' Prizes. — For the Senior Bachelors : 

 " Quales fuerunt antiquorum philosophorum de 

 animi immortalitate opiniones, etex quanam origine 

 ductae !"— Middle Bachelors: " Quibusnam pra;cipue 

 artibus recentiores antiquos ex superunt ?" 



Died.^ Mrs. Dobson, of Swansey— At Cambridge, 

 Harriet, wife of Professor Woodhouse. 



NORFOLK. 



On Monday, the 27th March, the new theatre was 

 opened to the public at Norwich, with the School 

 for Scandal, and the farce of Youth, Love, and 

 Folly. 



Married.'] At Ormesby, K. Harvey, esq., to Eliza, 

 daughter of Sir E. K. Lacon, bart. — Lieut. St. 

 Ouintin, R.N., to Miss Chapman — At Norwich, J. 

 Pearse, jun.,esq.,of Darlington, to Emma, daughter 

 of J. Gurney, esq., of Lakenham Grove; D. Judson, 

 esq., of London, to Miss E. Davie; T. Bullock, esq., 

 to Miss E. Bamsdale. 



Died.'] At East Dereham, 60, J. Beckham, esq — 

 At Lynn, 21, Maria, daughter of E. Everard, esq., 

 —.52, Elizabeth, relict of the late C'apt. Marston, of 

 Yarmouth — lil, J.P.Clarke, esq., of Wilton place, 

 Daventry— At Norwich, 62, the Rev. W. Carter — J7, 

 — Adams, esq. 



SUFFOLK. 



Married.] R. N. Cartwright, esq., of Ixworth 

 Abbey, to Frances, daughter of B. Cobb, esq., of 

 Lydd, Kent — At Ijiswich, M. Myers, esq., of Maiden, 

 to Miss Levi— At Fleinpton, W. Bearblock, esq., to 

 Miss S. Andrews. 



Died.] At Ipswich, 73, E. Tovell, esq — Mrs. 

 Elvin, of Hoxnc — 5.5, >Irs. Stanford, of Ashbock- 

 ing Hall— (ill, Diana, wife of L. Thornley, esq., of 

 Melles Hill— 78 At Benacre Hall, Sir T. Gooch, bart. 

 —82, At Beccles, B2, Mrs. E. Kent— 73, J. Silver- 

 stone, gent, of Depdcn. 



ESSEX. 



Some interesting remains of antiquity have been 

 dug up lately near Wivenhoe Park, the seat of 

 General Rebow, consisting of several earthen jars 

 and a Roman lamp in complete preservation. 



MatTied.] At Great Dunmow, C. F. Chawner, 

 esq., to Mariaimc, daughter of the Rev. A. Richard- 

 son, D.D. — W. Lukin, est)., of Felsted, to Julia, 

 daughter of J. Vaux, esq., of Ryde, Isle of Wight. 



Died.] 73, J. Grimwood, esq., of Witham— At 

 Borrham, Charlotte, wife of R. C. Haselfoot, esq. 

 — At Romford, 59, Mary, wife of W. Sterry esq. — 

 77, S. N. Owen, esq., of Woodhouse, Little Waltham 

 —At Great Henuey, J. Finch, esq —81, J. O Parker, 

 esq. of Chelmsford— 20, At West Tilbury, Miss A. C. 

 Champion. 



KENT. 



The inhabitants of St. Margaret's, Rochester, 

 have presented the Rev. J. Griffiths, D.D., with a 

 handsome piece of plate, as a " token of their high 

 respect and regard." 



Married.] The Rev. H Perciv.al, Rector of 

 Charlton, to Catherine, daughter of A. B. Dmm- 

 mond, esq. 



Died.] At Hayle Place, 62, T. R. I-Iollingworth, 



esq At Blackheath, J. Allen, esq — At Canterbury, 



Lieut. -Col. James — 6!), the Rev J. Lough, Vicar of 

 Sittingboume— At Ramsgate, Mrs. Moon : Liexit. 

 Reay, R.N —The Rev J Varenne, Vicar of Staple- 

 hurst— At Hull place, 74, T. Wyburne, esq. 



SUSSEX. 

 A rare coin has lately been found on the grounds of 



Mr. Drewitt, of Peppering, near .\rundel, of Ed- 

 ward I. as Duke of Aquitaine, having on the reverse 

 E. Dux. This coin is not given in the tables either 

 of Reading, Lake, or Snelling. 



Very extensive works are now carrying on at the 

 mouth of .Arundel river, extending from the piers of 

 Little Hampton, OOll feet into the sea, for the purpose 

 of creating a greater depth of water in the harbour. 



The Earl of Egremont has presented the New 

 Church of St. Peter, Brighton, with a new service of 

 communion plate. 



The foundation stone of the New County Hospital 

 was laid on Wednesday the 22dof March, at Brighton, 

 by the Earl of Egremont. 



The foundation of a New Market, to be called 

 Bnmswick Market, has been commenced between 

 Brunswick Square and Waterloo Street, Brighton. 



Died.] .\t Brighton, Miss H. A. Haven— 13, Caro- 

 line, daughter of the Rev. R. Walpole. 



HANTS. 



Married.] The Rev. S. H. Harrison, to Harriet, 

 daughter of the Rev. J. Hubbard, of Little Horsted, 

 Sussex — At Famham, T. Pearse, esq., of Highway- 

 house, Froyle, to the Hon. Caroline Kerr — .\t Ando- 

 ver, W. B. Cox, esi]., of Tainiton, to Maria, daughter 

 of J. Sweetapple, esq., of Foxcott— The Rev. F. C. 

 Blackstone, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late C. 



Rauken, esq At .Uton, G. Small, esq., to Miss 



S. A. Scott. 



Died.] At Ryde, 87, Jane, relict of W. Plager, 

 esq — Mrs. Gale, of Prior's Dean — At Southampton, 

 76, Mrs. Baker — At Lymiugton, the lady of W. 

 Yeats, esq. 



WILTS. 



Married.] At Mere, —Newman, esq., to Mary, 

 daughter of J. Midlane,esq. 



Died.] At Salisbury, the Rev. N. Begin— At Trow- 

 bridge, 45, the Rev. P. Macfarlane —Mrs. Bush — At 

 Upton-house, near Stratton, R. B. Bruy, esq. — Near 

 Chippenham, 62, Sarah, wife of Major Godfrey. 



SOMERSET. 



At a meeting held lately at Shepton Miillet, peti- 

 tions to both Houses of Parliament were adopted, 

 praying the abolition of slavery in the colonies. 



Mar. 31. The ceremony of consecrating and open- 

 ing the chapel of Partis' College, near Bath, took 

 place. 



A new iron-bridge is to be erected across the Avon, 

 at the bottom of Bathwick-street, Bath, embracing 

 a space of KMI feet; the width of the carriage and 

 foot-way will be together 40 feet. 



At a public vestry held lately, at Widcombe, a 

 letter was read from the Lord Bishop of the diocese, 

 accompanied by an official document from the par- 

 liamentary commissioners, promising a contribution 

 of two-thirds of the sumlrequired for building a new 

 church in that parish, capable of containing twelve 

 hundixd persons. 



A fine vein of coal has been found at an easy 

 depth on Chard Common. 



A sea-bathing infirmary is about to be established 

 at Weston-upon-Mare, under the auspices of the 

 Bishop of Bath and Wells. 



Married.] At Bath, the Rev. S. H. Harrison, to 

 Harriet, daughter of the Rev. J. Hubbard, rector of 

 Little Horsted, Sussex — The Rev. D. Rees, of 

 Wickwar, to Miss Randolph— Sir R. Hardinge, bart., 

 to Caroline, daughter of Maj. Gen. Wulf— The Rev. 

 H. Rogers, to Sarah, daughter of the late W. Phelps, 



esq Mr. W. Furlong, to Miss B. Cooper— M.ijor 



Northcote, to Harriet, daughter of W. C. TreviUian, 

 esq., of Midway— W. S. Richardson, esq., of Dnmi, 

 Co. Tvrone, Ireland, to Caroline, d.aughter of J. La- 

 vicount, esq.— The Rev.^E. Sherran, of Marshficld, 

 Gloucestershire, to Miss M. .\. Wallinger— C. Keat- 

 ing, esq., to MissE. Hall— At Wells, J. Lovell, esq., 

 of Watton, to Kitty, daughter of W. Lax, esq. 



Died.] At Hinton St. George, T. Beagley, esq — 



.^t .Sparrow-grove, \V. Hay ward, 'esq Binicnrabe, 



esq., of nishops-hull— At Castle Cary, Mary, wife of 

 tiie late D. Besant, esq At Atovil, Mrs. Mayo — At 



